Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 24 hours agoIt's wild to see people in real time learning that war is bad and civilians die a lot. As if contemporary wars are the only ones that have had mass civilian casualties. Shit is horrific always.message-squaremessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1484arrow-down111
arrow-up1473arrow-down1message-squareIt's wild to see people in real time learning that war is bad and civilians die a lot. As if contemporary wars are the only ones that have had mass civilian casualties. Shit is horrific always.Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 24 hours agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoUnfortunately, the “people of the South” (their leaders, at least) were fighting to preserve slavery, so “a terrible thing” was hardly a deal-breaker for them.
Unfortunately, the “people of the South” (their leaders, at least) were fighting to preserve slavery, so “a terrible thing” was hardly a deal-breaker for them.